I wondered that too.
But that's just my point! You she obeys! She obeys you! There's obeying going on right under my nose!
Wash ,'War Stories'
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sumi - Jun 17, 2010 8:40:37 am PDT #9098 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!
Jon B. - Jun 17, 2010 8:44:33 am PDT #9099 of 30000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Also, I was really confused by the opening "Robert Rodriguez Presents", until I realized they were showing a Predator trailer before the Narnia one (which is still confusing, but in a different way).
Dana - Jun 17, 2010 8:45:59 am PDT #9100 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
That Predator trailer has been all over Hulu. It confuses me in several ways.
Scrappy - Jun 17, 2010 8:46:35 am PDT #9101 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
If Rodriguez directed, Reepicheep would be SUCH a bad-ass!
Volans - Jun 17, 2010 9:13:34 am PDT #9102 of 30000
move out and draw fire
The mind boggles.
In talking about Paranormal Activity with my work team (yes, I'm a one-track movie person today), we decided to try to come up with a list of horror movies that don't rely on the protagonist(s) to be total dumbasses.
We have 4.
The Shining, The Sixth Sense, The Ring (US), and War of the Worlds.
I'm not sure about that last one, since the nominator means the Tom Cruise movie, which I haven't seen. And I think WotW is sci-fi, not horror. Thoughts?
Kathy A - Jun 17, 2010 9:19:55 am PDT #9103 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I'd add The Prophecy to that list.
Jessica - Jun 17, 2010 9:21:30 am PDT #9104 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The Others is another one that comes to mind.
So many horror movies follow the "group of people thrown together AND THEN THEY ALL DIE" formula, and the easiest way to kill characters off is to have them make stupid mistakes.
Amy - Jun 17, 2010 9:22:46 am PDT #9105 of 30000
Because books.
What about The Omen and The Exorcist?
le nubian - Jun 17, 2010 9:41:41 am PDT #9106 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I would exclude The Omen because the father (protagonist) was really a dumbass - in the original and the remake. He caught on MUCH too late.
Dana - Jun 17, 2010 9:47:08 am PDT #9107 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
I don't know about "The Ring." There's an awful lot of "leaving a potentially murderous video tape lying around" that goes on.